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adjective | noun | verb abstractabstract1 /əbˈstrækt, æb-, ˈæbstrækt/ ●●○ W3 AWL adjective ETYMOLOGYabstract1Origin: 1300-1400 Latin, past participle of abstrahere, from ab- away + trahere to pull ► in abstract terms By the age of seven, children are capable of thinking in abstract terms (=about ideas rather than physical things or events). ► abstract thought Human beings are the only creatures capable of abstract thought (=thinking about ideas). ► abstract idea/concept the ability to translate abstract ideas into words 1 based on general ideas or principles rather than specific examples or real events SYN theoretical: By the age of seven, children are capable of thinking in abstract terms (=about ideas rather than physical things or events). Human beings are the only creatures capable of abstract thought (=thinking about ideas).abstract idea/concept the ability to translate abstract ideas into words2existing only as an idea or quality rather than as something real that you can see or touch → concrete: the abstract nature of beauty3eng. lang. arts abstract paintings, designs, etc. consist of shapes and patterns that do not look like real people or things [Origin: 1300–1400 Latin, past participle of abstrahere, from ab- away + trahere to pull] → see also abstract noun, figurative adjective | noun | verb abstractabstract2 /ˈæbstrækt, əbˈstrækt, æb-/ ●○○ AWL noun [countable] 1eng. lang. arts a painting, design, etc. that contains shapes or images that do not look like real things or people2eng. lang. arts a short written statement of the most important ideas in a speech, article, etc.3in the abstract considered in a general way rather than being based on specific details and examples: In the abstract, democracy is wonderful, but a true democracy may not be possible. adjective | noun | verb abstractabstract3 /əbˈstrækt, æb-, ˈæbstrækt/ AWL verb [transitive] VERB TABLEabstract |
Present | I, you, we, they | abstract | | he, she, it | abstracts | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | abstracted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have abstracted | | he, she, it | has abstracted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had abstracted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will abstract | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have abstracted |
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Present | I | am abstracting | | he, she, it | is abstracting | | you, we, they | are abstracting | Past | I, he, she, it | was abstracting | | you, we, they | were abstracting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been abstracting | | he, she, it | has been abstracting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been abstracting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be abstracting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been abstracting |
1eng. lang. arts to use information from a speech, article, etc. in a shorter piece of writing that contains the most important ideas2formal to remove something from somewhere or from a place |